Table fork cleaner



' y 1954 G. E. MORTON TABLE FORK CLEANER Filed Jan. 20, 1950 M. m T .1 mm W ww i M y 5 1mm 0 W 0 M g G Patented May 11, 1954 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to kitchen utensils, and more particularly to a novel brush for scraping and cleaning forks and other like utensils.

And object of the invention is to provide an eflicient device for cleaning, scouring and polishing table forks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a table fork cleaner which is designed especialclean out the dirt and other accumulations that tend to form between the tines of the fork at the base thereof.

The invention contemplates using one of two difierent species or forms of the table fork cleaner which have three spaced apart rows of brushes and means for easily guiding the brushes between the tines of a fork to clean accumulations of foreign matter therefrom.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the provision of a table fork cleaner, which is strong, durable, highly eflicient in operation, simple in construction expensive.

These, together with the various ancillary objects of the invention which will become apparent ment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional detail as taken along line -5 in Figure 4;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a second form of table fork cleaner; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional detail as taken along line 44 in Figure 3.

With reference now, in particular, to that embodiment of the invention as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and generally designated by reference numeral as, it will be seen that the table fork cleaner in this case comprises a supporting plate is integrally connected to a and :34 while extending almost to the arcuate converging portion is similar to the portion '22 of the embodiment shown in Figure 1. Because of the apertures 38 and 40, the plate is divided into a series of three tines 48, 50, and 52. A row of bristles ti t is secured to the convex sur face of the tines 48, 5t and 52. This may be by transversely spaced any convenient metal. 12 and 74 are formed by A pair of wire prongs a substantially U-shaped of metal, the prongs which they are bent.

A third handle 78 compress the base of the bristles together.

This form of the invention is especially adaptable for cleaning out the dirt which tends to cling to the surface between the tines at the base of a fork.

Since, from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of these metal fork cleaners are readily apparent, further description is believed to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawing, it is not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A table fork cleaner comprising an elongated implement including a head and a handle connected to the head, said head being of longitudinally arcuated shape conforming to the contour of a table fork, a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced, parallel rows of bristles secured to said head, said rows being from one another approximately the width of a fork tine to guide the nally extending, transversely spaced, parallel tines of a fork therebetween, said head eomrows of bristles secured to said head, said rows prising a plurality of tines spaced apart from being transversely spaced from one another apone another, said bristles being secured to the proximately the width of a fork tine to guide convex surfaces of said tines whereby they may 5 the tines of a fork therebetween, said head comeasily engage a fork at the junction of the fork prising a plurality of tines spaced apart from tines with the fork base. one another, said bristles being secured to the 2. A table fork cleaner comprising an elonconvex surfaces of said tines whereby they may gated implement including a head and a handle easily engage a fork at the junction of the fork connected to the head, said head being of lontines with the fork base, said handle having an gitudinally arcuated shape conforming to the aperture in the end thereof remote from said Contour Of a table fo a plurality of lo giwdihead for supporting the cleaner, said handle oenally extending transversely spaced, parallel rows ing integral with said head.

of bristles secured to said head, said rows being transversely spaced from one another ap- References C ed in the fi Of this patent proximately the Width of a fork tine to guide UNITED STATES PATENTS the tines of a fork therebetween, said head com- Number Name Date prising a plurality of tines spaced apart from 389,531 Scott Sept. 11, 1888 one another, said bllSflGS being secured to the 485,048 Leh an ct. 25 1892 convex surfaces of said tines whereby they may easily engage a fork at the junction of the fork Hussey W 1399 tines with the fork base, said handle having an 190L328 Brandstetter 9 1911 aperture in the end thereof remote from said Montgomery 1913 head for supporting the cleaner. 1195190 Dunlap fl 3. A table fork cleaner comprising an elon- 25 1389957 Mariam gated implement including a head and a handle a ga; zi a" connected to the head, sald head being of lon 1,957,363 Snell May 1, 1934 gitudinally arcuated shape conforming to the contour of a table fork, a plurality of longitudi- 

